“Peace is not something you wish for, it something you make, something you do, something you are, something you give away.”–Robert Fulghum
In an effort to actively do something to create more peace in the world in 2013, I am dedicating a number of my posts specifically to peace. I invite you to join me. We can call ourselves “Bloggers for Peace.” Everyone is invited to join. The requirements are simple and flexible.
- Devote at least one post a month to/for/about peace. If you write poems or fiction, write a piece about peace. If you take photos, post a photo or gallery that reflects, symbolizes, defines, or creates peace. If you write rants, rant at something that disturbs the peace or rant about something that promotes peace. If you are into zen, post a blank white page. If you are an artist…you get the idea. Feel free to be creative. Peace has no boundaries. There are no mistakes. We have no enemies.
- Put a “Bloggers for Peace” badge on your blog. Put it anywhere on your blog–in the post, on your “about” page, as an image widget on your menu bar (feel free to link the badge to this page with “click here to join”), on your “awards” page, on your avatar page, or get a tattoo on your chest.
- Link your post to at least one other post from a different Blogger for Peace.
Hopefully, this will create a symbiotic synergy that will inspire others to create art/poetry/prose/photos/love on their posts about peace. You might also want to add the tag “B4Peace” to your post. This will also be a great way to get to know other Bloggers for Peace. I envision a virtual circle of us all holding hands in solidarity for peace. - Put instructions on your post for others to join the group or link back to this post. This will help grow the movement. Can you imagine if we get enough bloggers to join so we can have a post on peace everyday? Imagine the impact we could make if everyday the internet would have some new creativity/energy/emotion/positive vibration about peace. Imagine if we linked all these posts together to create a web of peace and positive energy. “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…”
Thanks to the brilliant Dianne Gray, we will also have an end of the year party to celebrate our “Peace Achievements.” Details to follow.
If you tag your post “B4Peace,” I will be scanning the posts and re-blogging posts on Everyday Gurus.
Please feel free to share this idea with anyone and everyone.
Thank you for reading, sharing, and/or smiling.
Special Thanks goes to the incredible Rarasaur for making the Bloggers for Peace badge, logos, and banner. {{{Hugs}}}
If anyone wants to tweet about this, I’m @everydaygurus. For tweets and instagram let’s use the hashtag–#B4Peace. I like the puns on “BE for Peace” and “Before Peace.”
We just created a Bloggers for Peace Facebook Page. Come check us out.
Related articles
- Musings: On Peace… (eof737.wordpress.com)
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- Haiku: May Peace Prevail… (eof737.wordpress.com)
- Change the World (Professionsforpeace.com)
- The Wisdom of Strangers and Loopholes (Rarasaur.wordpress.com)
- Aside (allfallback.com)
- Vacancies to be filled… (Mindmindful.wordpress.com)
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Hey Kozo! I’ve added this to my widgets and linked back to this page
Thanks!
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Love this. Just now stumbled on to this blog through another blogger who happened to have the logo. I am all about peace and this blog is a wonderful idea. I have two blogs. One that I use on Blogger and one on WordPress. If it’s okay, I would like to add the logo to both. On WordPress, my blog is called ‘Once Upon a Time’ and is pretty much random and up for anything. My 1st blog I opened was on blogger, just this past November 2012. My first experience of blogging. It is primarily used for my poetry. It is called ‘My Constant Thoughts’. For now, I’ll add the logo on both sites and be sure to spread the word and link to here. If having two is not allowed, please let me know and I will remove it from one. This is a wonderful opportunity for spread peace and joy. PEACE to all!!
Spreading the love is what it is all about, Donetta, so you can have as many blogs as you want. Have a look at this months peace challenge. It is right up your alley if you are a poet. Thanks for blogging for peace. {{{hugs]}} Kozo
Donetta,
Here are badge instructions:
First, right click on the badge on my site and “save image as…” on your computer.
Next, you need to upload it as an image in your media file as if you were going to put it in a post. I see that you have images on your site, so it is the same process. Go to Dashboard>Media>add new. Upload image from your computer to wordpress–it is probably in your downloads folder.
Then add the “image” widget to your sidebar–dashboard>appearance>widgets>drag image widget to sidebar.
Then you go back to the media and click on edit next to the badge. You will get a “file URL” on the right.
Copy and paste that in your image widget where it says “image URL.”
Let me know if you need any help. {{{hugs}}} Kozo
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Hello there, You have a page with some Bloggers For Peace, but I did notice my site is not on it. It is nice to find a list of Bloggers For Peace on other websites as well. I have one already on my site since 24 April 2013 and left it open to people to notify me, but so far I did not get any invitations to have their site included.
From my part I would not mind having my site Marcus’s Space being on a list of Bloggers4Peace, so I would appreciate it if you would not mind listing me.
Thanks.
Added you, Marcus. Thanks for being part of B4Peace.
This is very inspirational, and I would like to join the “Bloggers for Peace.” My blog is a Peace & Deliverance Ministry. You can check it out at, http://www.enoughtribulations.com. God bless you.
Hi there, I’ve just added your badge to my blog, with a link back to yours. I think this is a fantastic idea and as I love to take pictures that symbolize/reflect or create peace I am very happy to join you in your quest! Is it ok to tag previous posts with the ‘B4Peace’ tag or should I wait until I do the next suitable one?
Greetings! Very helpful advice within this post! It is the little changes which will make the most significant changes. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Hola Kozo! I came across this beautiful post by a fellow blogger named Zeebra Designs. I think it embodies PEACE and this whole movement perfectly. She is definitely making a difference so I wanted to refer her back to you and maybe you can create a link back to her page
Here it is : http://playamart.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/helping-hands
Hi Kozo – fabulous idea and movement! I’m so grateful I stumbled upon your logo from another site! I’ve added the logo (thanks for the instructions) and am excited about being part of this!
Namaste.
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